Design

How to add Sticky Bar similar to Shoutmeloud on BlogSpot & WordPress?

August 31, 2011

I’ve been receiving quite a lot of emails wherein people asked for the codes that is used to run the sticky bar on Shoutmeloud. If you are wondering what a sticky bar is, then scroll to the top of this page and look out for a red bar with blinking text. That’s called a sticky bar which is used to display useful information to the user – widely used to display the most popular article ...

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Web Design Crimes You Should Never Make As Freelancer

August 24, 2011

I guess there are many newbie web designers, just like me, who aspire to become one among the top. To be successful as a freelance web designer, it is very important that you avoid some of the most commonly made mistakes. In this article, being a newbie web designer myself, I’ve just shared my knowledge about the mistakes committed by a freelancer while you may share your opinions about the same via comments. 1. Just ...

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How to Style BlockQuote With CSS for BlogSpot and WordPress

August 23, 2011

As the title of the article suggests, we’ll be using :before and :after attributes in defining our CSS. However, the actual credit goes to the “content” property which helps us to achieve cool effects via CSS. So, in this article, I’ll illustrate the basic usage of content property to add stylish block quotes using CSS. In other words, you’ll be able to add a block quote that appears to have an image but does not. ...

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5 Things Web Designers Must Not Forget Before Launching A New Site

August 17, 2011

Ever since I started designing templates for blogger, I often forget few important stuffs in the process. However, over the years, I’ve developed the habit of having a checklist so that I don’t miss out anything. Well, in this article, I’ll be sharing some 5 common mistakes that most of the web designers like me tend to forget when launching their blog/website. So, if you are web designer, then I suggest you to include the ...

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How to Add Reflection Effect On Images Using CSS

August 16, 2011

I’ve been working on design articles for the past few days and I would like to share one with you in this article which is based on Photoshop but the twist is that we’ll not use PhotoShop to achieve this effect, rather use simple and pure CSS to achieve it – Reflection Effect On Images. Before we dive into the actual tutorial, let me show you the final product – refer to the image below. ...

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How to Create An Adaptable View On Your Blog?

August 9, 2011

Basically, adaptable view is an user interface pattern that lets the user decide the visual appearance of your blog. In other words, users can dynamically change the layout of your theme. Interesting… Isn’t it? Well, there could be no better example than delicious bookmarks to explain what I mean. So, for those who actually wonder what I’m blabbering, take a look at the following link – Recent Bookmarks. Now, look for the display options that ...

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Solutions to Make Your Fonts/Layouts Browser Compatible

August 5, 2011

It is quite obvious that webmasters & web designers often use CSS to style their fonts – be it the post titles or the ones on the header. As far as I know, majority of the browsers including IE support CSS3 @font-face but, what happens if some unknown browser does not do the same??? Simple! You’ll end up in a complete mess of your layout. So, in this article, I’ll explain about the common issues ...

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